FEMA Promising Practice Webinar: Overnight Shelter Experiences

One in five people encountered during any disaster will have a disability. or about 56.7 million people, approximately 19 percent of the population, had a disability in 2010. Many first responders lack familiarity and working knowledge they require to successfully integrate all members of the community in all aspects of the work they do. 

Learning objectives:

·         Participants will learn how to plan an overnight exercise with the disability community

·         Participants will hear about the challenges encountered in the process and learn how to overcome them

·         Participants will come away with the tools necessary to replicate this activity in the local community

Presenters:

• Carole Tonks, Executive Director, ACI
• Luke Koppisch, Deputy Director, ACI
• Madeleine Goldfarb, Disability Integration Advisor, FEMA New Jersey Sandy Recovery